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Knowing Your Diamond's 4 C's
Cut
- Clarity
- Color
- Carat
- 4 C's
 Color:
The color of a diamond is measured by the degree to which
the stone is colorless or devoid of color Stone color is rated on a range from
D (clear) down to Z (industrial) Colors impede the stones ability to reflect
and refract light
There are many exceptional colored diamonds but most have
a yellow tint The most prized, and highest quality stones also the most expensive
the stones Any naturally colored diamond with a noticeable depth of body color
considered to be rare or attractive. Red and green are the rarest fancy colors,
followed by purple, violet, orange, blue, and pink.
Yellow and greenish yellow diamonds are more common. While
white, black, and gray are not, strictly speaking, spectral colors, they are
also considered fancies. In the GIA color grading system, fancy color grades
are described as faint, very light, light, fancy light, fancy, fancy intense,
and fancy dark.
For more information visit the Gemological Institute of America
Inc. http://www.gia.org
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